How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?
BORIS PASTERNAK
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You and I, it’s as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught.
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But what are pity, conscience, or fear To the brazen pair, compared With the living sorcery Of their hot embraces?
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